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Total number of records: 24873

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	22472
Books and printed items	2368
Art items	32
Objects	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
heraldry	60
antiquities	51
auction catalogs	47
sermons, english	46
travel	45
poor laws	42
poor	40
education	39
charity laws and legislation	38
english literature	32

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	377
England	290
Yorkshire (England)	129
Yorkshire	60
York (England)	46
York; Yorkshire	33
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding	30
Leeds (England)	24
Wakefield (England)	21
Scarborough (England)	19

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Church of England	68
Great Britain. Parliament	55
Great Britain	43
York Minster	39
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into the Education of the Poor	38
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)	36
Cole, John (1792-1848)	31
Dodsworth, Roger (1585-1654)	23
Dugdale, Sir William (1605-1686)	23
Great Britain. Record Commission	21

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 900	1
From 1000	4
From 1100	111
From 1200	570
From 1300	1241
From 1400	644
From 1500	1753
From 1600	5904
From 1700	6105
From 1800	5541
From 1900	2119
From 2000	85

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1199	46
Up to 1299	486
Up to 1399	1167
Up to 1499	592
Up to 1599	1482
Up to 1699	5644
Up to 1799	5944
Up to 1899	5875
Up to 1999	2682
Up to latest	160

Archive Collection:
YAS/MD1

CARTULARIUM ACASTRENSE VOLUME 1

1282-1518

A collection of charters bound together in a case. They relate principally to lands, etc., in Acaster Malbis, but there is a deed relating to Chevermunt, and another to Bishopthorpe. Four of the chart...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MD476 (Add1)

PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES

19th-20th century

Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc. Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family. Papers relating to Mearclough Mill. Pap...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1

COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS

1695-1724

Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1277/1-2

Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1773/add1

FURTHER NOTES ON THE ELLA, USFLETE AND HALDENBY FAMILIES, ALSO NEW HISTORY OF SWANLAND 2006 (PHOTOCOPY)

2009

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1785/add1

FURTHER PAPERS OF THE MANBY FAMILY INCLUDES INVITATIONS TO A CONFERENCE IN FRANCE 1934 AND LEAFLET RELATING TO FRENCH COATS OF ARMS

20th century

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1816/add1

PAPERS RELATING TO REGENERATING LANDMARK HERITAGE MILLS, CONFERENCE HELD AT MANNINGHAM MILLS, BRADFORD

2010

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1853/add1

KIRK DEIGHTON: A HISTORY IN PICTURES - VERSION 2

2009

Archive Collection:
YAS/DD10

DEEDS AND COPYHOLD ADMITTANCES

15th-19th century

Deeds and copyhold admittances, mainly relating to Eggborough, Kelfield, Kellington, Sherwood and Whitley and the families of Awnby [or Anby], Girlington, Jackson, Laycock and Morritt 15th-19th centur...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MD285/10

Lease for 20 years

1795

1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS10

RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5

1716-1723

Microfilm copy available.

Archive Collection:
YAS/DD100

PAPERS RELATING TO THE HALL FAMILY OF DUNNINGTON, LILLING AND LEVENTHORPE

[20th century]

Mainly extracts from registers and pedigrees etc; includes copy discharge and further mortgage on property of Joseph Fisher in Cumberworth, Soyland, Lighthazles, Lockwood, Almondbury and Crosland 1729...